Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-03-26

~ iANti ~ W 4 Was '"n theJAhS W. hHS
top crust of the bank on the 10th inst.
Milbank il on The lookout for a frebug who
recently attempted to burn that town.
Another bunch Of Nebraska quail have
been planted by sportsmen near Rapid City.
A number of business men In Canton have
been indicted for gambling and card play
ing.
The payroll Of men engaged in mining In
and around Deadwood is estimated al $500, 0OO
a month.
MIX from $50 COWS has been secured at
Montrose in case a cheese factory is started
at that place.
A force Of $50 men viii be kept busy all
summer adding an addition to the Yankton
insane asylum.
The FIRST writ Of asst lance ever issued by
any court In the territory was issued last Mon
day at Grand Forks.
An effort lie now being made TO secure the
opening of a portion OF the Sioux reservation
under the severalty bill.
Sioux Falls Quarries will furnish 1900 car
loads OF granite for Chicago paving purposes.
Omaha also takes a big contract.
Gen. Harrison Alden is trimming his can
didacy on the6 A. X. encampment 10 meet
at Jamestown for the post OF department
commander.
The Unitarian society, at Sioux Falls, are
passing around a subscription paper with the
object In view Of erecting n church edifce With
the proceeds.
The kidder county bank has gone oet Of
business at Steele with the announcement
that depositors will lie paid at the German.
American In st. Paul.
Samuel A. Dickey, brother OF ex-congress-
man die ey Of Pennsylvania, was convicted
in the United States court at Bismarck for
selling liquor to Indians.
Mad Bear hvsaid to be the wealthiest Indian
In the territory, being the possesser of eyten-
sive herds Of cattle and horses. 1t is hard to
see why he should be mad.
Citizens of LaMoure and Dlckey counties
viii sink an artesian well to keep the branches
OF the Maple full in summer, and to irriga.e a
large tract of LAND In the foot hills.
The jamestown artesian well is down
1850 feet and IL Is believed that 40c feet more
viii have t0 be sunk before sufficient water Is
found. A third of q mile is a long way 10 20
for a little warm water.
Since eeld weather set In last fall Sioux
Falls has consumed S53 cars OF coal, or lG,S4S
tons, and 432 cars OF wood, amounting to
3,SSS cords, making a grand total paid for
fuel this winter Sl5+SS9.
With hard hearted vigilance committees In
sight horse thieves occasionally ply their
tricks in the Black Hills. A couple OF them
have been captured at Long Pine, Neb., ard
are being returned to the Hills.
Thursday morning the jamestown brewery,
owned by Phillip Bauer, burned. The loss Is
estimated ut s20,00", with an insurance Of
sl0,0 600 on the bailding and $1,000 on stock.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Some Clark county hunters chased what
| they supposed a herd OF elk over the hills and
through the valleys, and now the owners of
the innocent sheep are dancing behind war
rants and demanding damages for breaking
the limbs Of some OF the blooded ewes.
The indictments against j., w. Taylor Of
Canton for perjury and embezzlement, were
set aside By the court and ordered resubmit
ted to the grand jury. This virtually lnvali-
dates all the old indictments, including the
indictment against Carter Bros, OF the Can
ton Advocate, for criminal libel.
The president will not again appoint Israel
Green agent at the Sissetoa agency. He has
temporarily appointed the farmer in charge
of the agency until his successor 10 APP
pointed, when he will be allowed TO return
home. Eis successor has already beer Sc
lected.
Killstheoenemy -at-night, AT Indian who
has been IN the Deadwood Jail Cor the past
eighteen months under the charge Of having
murdered another scalp-lifter at Pine Ridge
Indian agency, was lately discharged from
custody by the court on the ground that bis
case was ignored by the grand jury. This
hayward SON az the western wilds is said TO
have cost Lawrence county SO, coo.
A young Grow Indian was accidentally
killed by a Mrs. Dewitt at Junction City last
Wednesday. She was shooting at a dog with
a new 2%caliber rifle, which was just PIE
sented 10 her. Che missed the dog, and the
billet struck an Indian boy who was standing
at a creek some distance of, aud whom she
did not see. The Indiana were greatly excited.
The citizens buried the boy just like any other
American.
The appropriations made by the legislature
at the late session exceeded by a quarter OF a
million dollars the best previous record. The
principal items are rs follows: Yankton
hos oital for insane, $4,000; jamestown
hospital for insane, Sl36, 600; penitentiary at
Sioux Falls, so, 200; penitentiary at Bis
marck, f1S,22G; university at Vcrmillion,
$36, 200; university at Grand Forks, ST. 600;
agricultural college at Bookings, 81, sec;
Madison normal school, S25, 200; Spearfsh
normal school, , 1850: school of mines, s2o,-
Coo. Besides the above, hundreds Of dollars
We're approx rlatei for improvements Of va
rious institutions, the legislature has scat
tered new Offices right and left and added
Of dollars 20 the salary roll.